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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/07/2010 08:23 AM, Dick Hollenbeck wrote:
> On 10/07/2010 08:12 AM, Marco Serantoni wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 3:40 AM, Dick Hollenbeck <dick@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:dick@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     It occurs to me that if you had the assignment operator in place for
>>     COMPONENT or copy constructor, you could simply assign to the
>>     containing
>>     component when seeing an "inherit" token using the base component.
>>
>>     (component A
>>      (inherit component B GUID)
>>      (pin 12 ...)
>>      (property NAME VALUE (offset X Y) (orientation 0)(font
>>     FONT)(visible NO))
>>     )
>>
>> Dick to avoid problems i think we should overload the pins and
>> attributes only and make the graphic part of the component immutable.
>> --
>> Marco
>>
>>     
>
> I hadn't found a way to modify inherited graphics in the extending
> component, and no examples have been offered that do so.
>
> It is not an area that I personally am thinking more about, but if
> somebody thinks of one, we may have to come back for your opinion at
> that time. 
>
>
> Thanks Marco,
>
> Dick
>   

Oops, sorry.  I misunderstood you.  Are you saying we should not allow
even *additions* ?

If so, why?